Water-Stop Enclosure for Dry Storage Yard Construction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing storage field construction methods in water transport engineering require extensive land reclamation, consuming significant resources and reducing enclosed space, while also being costly and time-consuming.
Innovation Solution
A water replacement storage field construction method that uses a water-stop enclosure formed by inserting cylindrical steel plates and auxiliary steel plates into the soft soil foundation, followed by back-filling, to create a dry construction area without land reclamation, allowing for the construction of a stacking yard and warehouses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If hydraulic fill or land reclamation is used to turn water area into land, then storage field can be constructed, but enclosed space is reduced and engineering investment increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the water body from the enclosed space by constructing a water-stop enclosure that completely isolates water from the storage area. The water-stop enclosure includes water-stop walls and drainage systems that remove water from the site, transforming the water-filled enclosure into a dry storage space without requiring land reclamation or hydraulic fill.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent converts the harmful presence of water in the enclosure into a beneficial feature by using the water-stop enclosure to create a controlled water removal system. The drainage system and water-stop walls transform the water-filled space into a useful storage area, turning the initial water presence from a hindrance into a manageable resource that can be completely removed.
2Ease of operation
If filler (sand and gravel) is filled in water to turn it into land, then storage condition is facilitated, but filler occupies lot of enclosed space and consumes lot of engineering investment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent eliminates the need for filler by extracting water from the enclosure space through the water-stop enclosure and drainage system. Instead of filling water with sand and gravel to create storage space, the system removes water to create dry storage conditions directly, thereby eliminating filler consumption entirely.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent converts the harmful effect of water occupying storage space into a beneficial outcome by implementing a water removal system. The water-stop enclosure and drainage systems transform the water-filled enclosure into a dry storage area without requiring any filler materials, turning water from a space-occupying nuisance into a removable element that creates useful storage space.
3Ease of manufacture
If enclosure is built first then water area is turned into land, then storage field is constructed, but construction time and investment increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by constructing the water-stop enclosure and drainage systems before any storage infrastructure is built. The water-stop walls, drainage channels, and pumping systems are installed in advance to enable subsequent rapid construction of storage facilities without time-consuming land reclamation processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts water from the enclosure space through the water-stop enclosure and drainage system, enabling direct construction of storage facilities on the drained area. This eliminates the time-consuming process of land reclamation and hydraulic fill, allowing storage infrastructure to be built directly on the water removed from the site.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This method expands the stacking yard capacity, saves reclamation costs, and significantly improves the cost-effectiveness of the project by converting water space into usable storage space without the need for extensive land filling.
Implementation Method 1
inserting a plurality of cylindrical steel plates into a soft soil foundation by a vibration hammer set; then, inserting two auxiliary steel plates into the soft soil foundation between every two adjacent cylindrical steel plates
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AI summary
The present application provides a water replacement type storage field construction method, including the following steps: construction of a water-stop enclosure; construction of drainage after enclosing: after enclosing the water-stop enclosure, draining water in an enclosed range of the water-stop enclosure, exposing a pit, so as to form dry construction condition; construction of a stacking yard: under the dry construction condition, constructing the stacking yard on the pit, including constructing a lower low-level terrace and a higher high-level terrace; wherein the low-level terrace is lower than an average water level at an outer side of the water-stop enclosure, the high-level terrace is able to be used for walking a stacking-reclaiming device, and the stacking-reclaiming device is able to convey material to or from warehouses; and construction of the warehouses: constructing warehouses on the low-level terrace.